Open AccessMARIJUANA PURCHASE INTENTIONS ON A SCENARIO OF POSSIBLE LEGALIZATION IN BRAZIL
Author(s) -
Dayanne Cavalcante Saldanha,
Haroldo de Sá Medeiros
Publication year - 2020
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2411-2933
DOI - 10.31686/ijier.vol8.iss6.2388
Subject(s) - legalization , consumption (sociology) , commercialization , government (linguistics) , exploratory analysis , exploratory research , advertising , public disclosure , business , marketing , political science , social science , sociology , law , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , data science
This article aims to evaluate the effects of the potential legalization of marijuana in the intention to purchase, in case of approval of Bill 7.270/2014, which authorizes the production and commercialization of marijuana derivatives in Brazil. The data from this exploratory research were collected from the application of two questionnaires, built in Google Docs. A total of 217 responses from non-marijuana users and 118 marijuana users. The data analysis method used was the content analysis with application of categorial analysis. The results indicated two categories of discourse and seven subcategories. One of the categories was denominated of Favor of the consumption, having the subcategories: public security; consumption already exists; government control; medicinal use; market, labor and tax. The other category was denominated against legalization with two subcategories: drug is always drug and government structure.